I clicked on this post... because of Veritasium. I was both happy to read that you made the same remark at the beginning of the blog, and disappointed with the rest of the story. This just looks like trolling from Veritaseum. Nothing more, nothing less (I reuse the word of @videoaddiction as I find it appropriate). The sadness in this story is that it may eventually work :/
Cheers!
Veritaseum should probably be sued by Veritasium for defaming such a great brand.